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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Center Facility Thermal Design Engineer - **Company:** Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Salary:** $145,680.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Customer Data Management, Data Centers, Uptime, Computer Networking Systems, Performance Monitor - **Published:** August 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87581767/1 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering field. * Advanced degrees (Master's or higher) in relevant disciplines are beneficial for candidates involved in complex facility design or largescale infrastructure planning. ## Description The Data Center Facility Design Engineer leads the endtoend design, construction consultation, and operational readiness of customer data center environments, ensuring resilient, efficient, and scalable infrastructure across power, cooling, networking, and facility systems. This role is deeply technical and handson, requiring expertise in electrical and mechanical systems, redundancy planning, commissioning, and physical network integration. The engineer partners closely with construction teams, vendors, and crossfunctional engineering groups to deliver highavailability data center designs, support cluster deployments, and maintain the documentation, standards, and operational excellence required for missioncritical environments., The ideal candidate is a multidisciplinary engineer who thrives in complex, missioncritical environments and brings a deep understanding of how electrical, mechanical, and network systems intersect within modern data centers. This person is analytical, detailoriented, and highly collaborative, capable of working seamlessly with construction teams, facility operators, hardware engineers, and network specialists. They combine strong technical judgment with clear communication, disciplined documentation habits, and a commitment to operational excellence. They are comfortable owning problems endtoend-from design reviews to rootcause analysis-and excel at translating engineering requirements into practical, scalable facility solutions that support highdensity compute and AI cluster deployments., Cooling & Mechanical Systems * Architect and optimize data center cooling systems, including CRAC/CRAH units, chillers, cooling towers, liquid cooling, and airflow management. * Evaluate and recommend thermal redundancy strategies and ensure compliance with equipment heatload requirements. * Specify capacity management and cooling performance monitoring. * Coordinate with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate systems and components needed for data center facility design and operation. Construction & Commissioning * Support data center construction projects, including design review, vendor selection, equipment installation, and commissioning. * Manage coordination between electrical, mechanical, and other contractors. * Ensure all work complies with regulatory, safety, and industry standards. Cluster Deployment Operations & Logistics * Write guidelines and specifications for rack installation, power provisioning, structured cabling, and equipment lifecycle management. * Work with partners and contractors to conduct facility walkthroughs and incident responses during and after rack/cluster deployments. * Maintain documentation including MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, and facility drawings. * Support field engineering and data center operations teams and liaise with sites to perform rootcause analysis and implement corrective actions. * Write functional specifications, designverification plans, and functional test procedures., * Drive continuous improvement initiatives across facility design, commissioning, and operational workflows to enhance uptime, efficiency, and scalability. * Serve as a technical advisor to crossfunctional engineering teams, providing guidance on power architecture, cooling technologies, and physical network integration. * Evaluate and recommend global suppliers, equipment vendors, and contractors based on performance, reliability, and alignment with longterm data center strategy. * Establish and refine facility design standards, deployment guidelines, and best practices for AI cluster builds and highdensity compute environments. * Review and validate engineering drawings, specifications, and commissioning documentation to ensure compliance with ASHRAE, Uptime Institute, and applicable electrical/mechanical codes. * Mentor field engineering and operations teams on troubleshooting methodologies, rootcause analysis, and preventive maintenance strategies. * Influence roadmap decisions by providing datadriven insights into facility capacity, thermal performance, and infrastructure lifecycle planning., AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. 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